Sentences with 'contrasts'
Example sentences and phrases with the word contrasts and other words derived from it.
• « Two of the most memorable polis of the archaic era were Sparta and Athens. The two polis were in many ways a study in contrasts: an obsessively militaristic and introverted society of "equals" that controlled the largest slave society in Greece, and a cosmopolitan naval power at the forefront of political innovation. »
• « There were some notable contrasts between the ideology of Victorian life and its lived reality. While much of the fear of social degeneration was exaggerated, it is also true that alcoholism became much more common (both because alcohol was cheaper and because urbanisation lent itself to casual drinking), and drug use became widespread. »